<p>(Ya know... Last year at this time, I would have never said this (even though Michigan was always one of my top picks). However, after being in Ann Arbor for a few months, I have to say that I am soooooo glad that I'm a wolverine and did not end up going anywhere else. I'm so happy here. I would have missed out on so much if anything else had happened! :))</p>
<p>If anyone has any questions, I'd be glad to answer them.</p>
<p>just one question- how do i get in?</p>
<p>but seriously- michigan sounds awesome. how much work would you say there is compared to your hs and friends schools? and how do you think the "intellectualness" of the student body is?</p>
<p>Reeses, what other schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>Well, I went to two high schools: a magnet school in math and science and a public. I got more homework than the norm then. lol. </p>
<p>Here at Michigan, yes, there's a lot more homework than what I got in high school. However, the trick is learning how to manage your time during the first semester and getting involved in extracurriculars (great stress relievers and ways to make new friends). You can't slack off anymore, but you'll still have time to play. I frequently talk to one of my friends from high school that goes to Grand Valley (a public university in Michigan), and I seem to always have a lot more homework than she does (haven't quite decided how I feel about that yet ;)). Since my brother goes to Michigan State, I also have a little bit of inside information from there as well. Apparently, Michigan's grading scale is much more difficult, and we also have some requirements that are not present there (such as LSA's language requirement). </p>
<p>From what I can tell, the student body here is pretty intellectual. Everyone cares about succeeding and doing well in his or her classes. The students also seem to know what they are talking about on most subjects (which is a little intimidating sometimes).</p>
<p>I applied to two other schools: Michigan State (accepted) and Northwestern (rejected). The rejection from Northwestern really hurt last March, but now, I'm actually really glad that it happened. It's interesting how things change.</p>
<p>reeses, what were your "stats"? and grade-wise, are most ppl you know doing okay at u of m, or are they struggling (I've heard bad stories about this......)</p>
<p>My stats...
attended two schools: a magnet school and a public school
UMich GPA: 3.9 after it was recalculated by Michigan... saw it at my orientation... (was a 3.9643 UW on my transcript)
ACT:28 (twice... scores flip flopped... too bad they don't take the different parts of it from different sittings... it would have been more like a 30 if they did... oh well..)
in-state
over the course of four years, I did...
volunteer at Humane Society (two years)
volunteer at Children's Water Festival (three years)
volunteer at Western Michigan Ronald McDonald House (two years)
volunteer at Riverside Elementary Family Read-In (one year)
volunteer at River Clean Up (one year)
volunteer for family friend in getting house ready to be shown for sale (one summer)
volunteer to take senior citizen to annual high school play (two years)
National Honor Society member (three years)
basketball team member (one year)
writing club member (two years)
Ayudantes Spanish tutor (one year)
attended NCSSSMST (National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools in Mathematics, Science, and Technology) Student Conference 2004 as a student rep. for my school
took college course in graphic design at local community college (one summer)
job shadowed for graphic design (one day during a summer)
special circumstances: handicapped - extremely poor vision</p>
<p>Most people at Michigan usually manage above a 3.0 in college. Some have trouble, but most do okay. Most of the people that I personally know (as well as myself) are doing fine though the work is difficult.</p>
<p>does michigan have courses in graphic design? and what are you majoring in?</p>
<p>I'm really not sure if they do or not. However, they have a pretty good engineering program as well as a communication studies major, which I believe could get someone to the same place if the cards are played correctly. When I was in high school, I though that I wanted dto go into something like graphic design, but after I though about what I was doing (and looked into what some of these courses would discuss), I realized that it wasn't for me. I wouldn't enjoy it. </p>
<p>I'm currently undeclared, but I'm seriously thinking about becoming a history major. I'm finishing History 171: Coming to Terms with Germany right now, and I'm hoping to get into History 201: Rome next semester (which is actually part of a possible prereq. sequence for that major that i'm interested in... The other half of this particular sequence is a course on ancient Greece). So far, I'm really enjoying the material, and it seems like there are many possible careers that can come from that major. However, I just don't want to declare too quickly.</p>